Mike Chgo area
Well-known member
I WROTE A BOOK ABOUT MY STRUGGLES
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> I was born in one country, raised in another.
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> My father was born in another country.
>
> I was not his only child.
>
> He fathered several children with numerous women.
>
> I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest
> in me.
>
> My mother died at an early age from cancer.
>
> Although my father deserted me and my mother raised me, I later
> wrote a book idolizing my father, not my mother.
>
> Later in life, questions arose over my real name.
>
> My birth records were sketchy.
>
> No one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.
>
> I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it
> was widely accepted in my new country, but I practiced non-
> traditional beliefs and didn't follow Christianity, except in the
> public eye under scrutiny.
>
> I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult,
> disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.
>
> That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life
> and embarked on a new career.
>
> I wrote a book about my struggles growing up.
>
> It was clear to those who read my memoirs, that I had difficulties
> accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.
>
> I became active in local politics in my 30s. Then, with help
> behind the scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate
> for national office in my 40s.
>
> They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything.
>
> I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history and no
> experience in leading a single organization.
>
> Yet I was a powerful speaker, and citizens were drawn to me as
> though I were a magnet and they were small roofing tacks.
>
> I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances.
>
> This bolstered my ego.
>
> At first, my political campaign focused on my country's foreign
> policy...
>
> I was very critical of my country in the last war and seized every
> opportunity to bash my country.
>
> But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on
> the country's economy.
>
> I pretended to have a really good plan on how we could do better,
> and every poor person would be fed and housed for free.
>
> I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess.
>
> It was the free market, banks and corporations.
>
> I decided to start making citizens hate them; and, if they became
> envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched tight.
>
> I called mine "A People's Campaign.
>
>
> I was born in one country, raised in another.
>
> My father was born in another country.
>
> I was not his only child.
>
> He fathered several children with numerous women.
>
> I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest
> in me.
>
> My mother died at an early age from cancer.
>
> Although my father deserted me and my mother raised me, I later
> wrote a book idolizing my father, not my mother.
>
> Later in life, questions arose over my real name.
>
> My birth records were sketchy.
>
> No one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.
>
> I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it
> was widely accepted in my new country, but I practiced non-
> traditional beliefs and didn't follow Christianity, except in the
> public eye under scrutiny.
>
> I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult,
> disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.
>
> That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life
> and embarked on a new career.
>
> I wrote a book about my struggles growing up.
>
> It was clear to those who read my memoirs, that I had difficulties
> accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.
>
> I became active in local politics in my 30s. Then, with help
> behind the scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate
> for national office in my 40s.
>
> They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything.
>
> I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history and no
> experience in leading a single organization.
>
> Yet I was a powerful speaker, and citizens were drawn to me as
> though I were a magnet and they were small roofing tacks.
>
> I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances.
>
> This bolstered my ego.
>
> At first, my political campaign focused on my country's foreign
> policy...
>
> I was very critical of my country in the last war and seized every
> opportunity to bash my country.
>
> But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on
> the country's economy.
>
> I pretended to have a really good plan on how we could do better,
> and every poor person would be fed and housed for free.
>
> I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess.
>
> It was the free market, banks and corporations.
>
> I decided to start making citizens hate them; and, if they became
> envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched tight.
>
> I called mine "A People's Campaign.
Ma Betty